When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...
Using microorganisms to mine meteorites could be an effective way to extract precious metals in space, scientists say. This ...
A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, ...
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Microbes mine rare metals from meteorite in zero gravity test
Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...
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Microbes extract metals from meteorite on space station in zero gravity test
Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by ...
On a dreary day in a nondescript field, I visit the site where a 4.56 billion-year-old bit of space rock came to Earth ...
It may be nearly half a century since the Murchison meteorite fell over the small town in northern Victoria, but it continues to dazzle scientists around the world. NASA astrobiologist Daniel Glavin ...
It was four times the size of Mount Everest, unleashed a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans — but an ancient meteor may also have nurtured life on Earth after ...
A Canadian man narrowly avoided being struck by a meteorite that crashed onto his front porch in Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island. The meteorite, dubbed the Charlottetown Meteorite, was captured ...
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